W. O. E. OESTERLEY. HATCH END, 1914. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTORY 1 _PART I_ PROLEGOMENA TO THE APOCRYPHA CHAPTER I THE HELLENISTIC MOVEMENT 11 I. Hellenism in its Secular Aspect 12 II. Hellenism in its Religious Aspect 20 Summary 24 CHAPTER II HELLENISTIC INFLUENCE UPON THE JEWS OF PALESTINE 27 I. Hellenism and Judaism 27 II. The Essenes 41 Summary 46 CHAPTER III HELLENISTIC INFLUENCE UPON THE JEWS OF THE DISPERSION 49 I. The Dispersion 49 II. Hellenistic Influence on Religion 54 III. The Septuagint 58 IV. Philo of Alexandria 61 Summary 65 CHAPTER IV TRACES OF GREEK INFLUENCE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND IN THE APOCRYPHA 68 I. References to the Greeks in the Old Testament 68 II. Traces of Greek Influence in the Old Testament 70 III. Traces of Greek Influence in the Apocrypha 77 Ecclesiasticus 77 Wisdom: (_a_) The doctrine of the pre-existence of the soul 80 (_b_) The doctrine of immortality 83 (_c_) The doctrine of the badness of the body 84 (_d_) The creation of the world out of formless matter 85 (_e_) Signs of the influence of Stoic philosophy 86 Summary 87 CHAPTER V THE APOCALYPTIC MOVEMENT 90 I. The Beginnings of the Apocalyptic Movement 90 II. The Apocalyptists 95 III. The Doctrinal Teaching of the Apocalyptic Literature 101 (_a_) Individualism 102 (_b_) Particularism and Universalism 103 (_c_) The doctrine of the Messiah 105 (_d_) The doctrine of the Future Life 107 Summary 111 CHAPTER VI